LISTENING Ex 2.5 Guess the answers. Listen to check.

Ex 2.5 Guess the answers. Listen to check:

1.The Zika virus outbreak in Latin America could turn into ______

a. a globally pandemic

b.  a globalise pandemic

c.  a globalised pandemic

d.  a global pandemic

2. The WHO estimated that the Zika virus could infect four million people by ____

a.  the end for 2016

b.  the end of 2016

c.  the ends of 2016

d.  the ending of 2016

3. Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the WHO, warned that Zika is "______"

a.  spread in explosively

b.  spreading explosives

c.  spread in explosives

d.  spreading explosively

4. She added that it has quickly gone from being a mild threat ______         

a.  to being frightening

b.  too been frightening

c.  to been frightening

d.  two being frightening

5. Warmer weather means the mosquito that carries the virus is ______ worldwide         

a.  and so spreading

b.  a so spreading

c.  also spreading

d.  all so spreading

6. The Zika virus is linked to a large rise in birth defects in Brazil and ______

a.  surrounded countries

b.  surrounds in countries

c.  surround in countries

d.  surrounding countries

7. This is where a baby is born with a smaller head than normal, and ______ 

a.  with brain damage

b.  with brain damages

c.  with brain damaged

d.  with brain damaging

8. Reported that more than 2,100 pregnant women in Colombia are infected ______

a.  with the viruses

b.  with the virus

c.  with a virus

d.  within the virus

9. There is no vaccine for Zika and it will be difficult ______ 

a.  to find some

b.  to find ones

c.  to find one

d.  to find once

10. A vaccine would have to be tested on pregnant women, and that would be "a practical ______ 

a.  and unethical nightmare"

b.  and ethical nightmare"

c.  and an ethical nightmare"

d.  and ethically nightmare"